Sanitary napkin.



0. C. SCHULZ..

SANITARY NAPKIN.

APPLICATION FILED ERBA, 1907.

Patented Nov. 17, 1908.

.STATES PATENT ernten.

OTTO C. SCHULZ, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO BAUER & BLACK, OF CHICAGO,

ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

.l SANITARY Specification f Letters-Patent.

Patented Nov. 17', 1908.

Application led February 4, 1907. Serial No. 355,604.

provements in Sanitary Napkins, of which the following is a specification.

which are employed to receive catamenial discharges andusually comprise a pad of absorbent cotton inclosed within a knitted holder. form of a tubular casing and some times it consists of a sheet of knitted fabric folded upon the pad.l A loosely knitted gauze is the most desirable material of which to make the holder because it is soft and yielding and permits the discharge to soak into the for the very reason that the holder is loosely knitted and is soft and yielding it is liable to be stretched and pulled out of shape during the application and use of the napkin so that in a shortr time the ad will become narrowed down to an insufficient width and the .napkin will sag and fall away from the parts to be covered.

The object of this invention is primarily to strengthen -the napkin longitudinally in a simple and inexpensive manner without alfecting the soft and yielding character thereof and ythereby lprevent the napkin from being stretched out of shape in applicationl from the parts toand use and falling away be covered.l

Alother object of the invention is to construct the napkin so that it will better receive and hold the dischar es and prevent them from escaping and soiling the clothing.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention Figure 1 is a plan View of the napkin embodying the invention. Fig.

2 is a transverse sectional view. Fig. 3 1s a sectional view showing the way the napkin a pears when in use. Fig. 4 is a detail view llfowing a double seam. The napkin illustrated in the drawings comprises a pad ,3 of absorbent cotton inclosed within a holder 4 consisting of a tubular casing made of loosely knitted gauze.

The invention is clearly adaptable to the napkin in which the holder is made of a y. may be left plain, This invention relates to sanitary napkins Some times this holder is in the' pad. But

both of these forms are common and well known it is only deemd necessary to illustrate vone of them.

The ends `of the `holder extend beyond the pad and may be tied in a loop, as 5, to facilitate attachment to a band or girdle, or they as at 6, to be attached by a safety pin or otherwise. It has ben customary to sew the holder transversely at the ends of the pad to retain the pad in place on the holder.

A seam 10 is sewed longitudinally and l centrally through the holder and pad and this seam strengthens the napkin longitudinally against the usual strains of attachment and use and prevents it from sagging and .falling away from theparts to be covered.

The additional-strength is aforded without in any way affecting the soft and yielding character of the napkin and the absorbent quality of the pad. On the contrary the seam tends to divide the pad longitudinally into two parts 7, 7 by a depression 8 on each side thereof.y When the napkin is applied the two parts 7, 7 tend to fold inwardly (Fig. 3) and form a pocket on the side of the napkin adjacent to the parts to `be`covered which pocket receives the catamenial discharge and prevents it from escaping over the side edges of the napkin and soiling the clothing.

My improved napkin will conform readily to the shape of the parts to be covered and the. longitudinal strengthening seam prevents the pad from stretching during the application and use of the napkin and sagging and falling away from the parts to be covered. This prevention of stretching preserves the pad in its original size and particularly preserves the original width of Ithe pad for all material purposes. The `longitudinal 'seam has a further advantage of securely fastening the pad Within the holder and this avoids the necessity for sewing the holder transversely .at the ends of the pad. I prefer to locate the seam midway between the side edges of the napkin as shown and heretofore described but obviously the location of the seam may be otherwise arranged without departing from the in- `vention.

Y sheet of'gauze folded upon the pad but as l Instead of" the single seam 10 shown in '1 ters Patent is Figs. 1-3 I may provide a plurality of seams and in FigT 4 l have illustrated two seams `What I claim and desire t0 secure by Let- A sanitary napkin'comprising a pad of absorbent cotton, a knitted holder inelosing the pad and extending beyond the ends thereof to receive means for securing the napkin in place7 and a seam extending longitudinally of andeentrally through the holder and pad todivide the pad longitudinally into two parts and to prevent the napkin v from stretching in use.

OTTO C. SCHULZ.

1Witnesses l FRED AE. FOLLINGER, G. Gr. RICHTOR. 

